The Resource The underground railroad, Colson Whitehead
The underground railroad, Colson Whitehead
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- Summary
- Cora is a slave on a cotton plantation in Georgia. Life is hellish for all the slaves, but Cora is an outcast even among her fellow Africans, and she is coming into womanhood; even greater pain awaits. Caesar, a recent arrival from Virginia, tells her about the Underground Railroad, and they plot their escape. Matters do not go as planned - Cora kills a young white boy who tries to capture her - but they manage to find a station and head north. In Whitehead's ingenious conception, the Underground Railroad is not a metaphor - a secret network of tracks and tunnels has been built beneath the Southern soil. Cora and Caesar's first stop is South Carolina, where both find work in a city that at first seems like a haven. But the city's placid surface masks an insidious scheme designed for its black denizens - and Ridgeway, the relentless slave-catcher sent to find her, arrives in town. Forced to flee again, Cora embarks on a harrowing journey, state-by-state, seeking true freedom. Like Gulliver, Cora encounters different worlds at each stage of her journey - Whitehead brilliantly recreates the unique terrors for black people in states in the pre-Civil War era
- Language
- eng
- Label
- The underground railroad
- Title
- The underground railroad
- Statement of responsibility
- Colson Whitehead
- Subject
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- trueSouthern States -- Race relations | History -- 19th century
- trueSlavery
- trueRacism
- trueRace (Social sciences)
- trueLiterary fiction
- trueHistorical fiction
- trueHistorical fiction
- Fugitive slaves -- United States -- Fiction
- trueFugitive slaves
- trueAfrican American fiction
- trueAfrican Americans -- Social conditions -- 19th century
- trueAntebellum America (1820-1861) -- 1820 -- 1861
- trueEscapes
- trueFreedom
- Fiction
- United States -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction
- trueUnited States -- History -- 19th century
- Underground Railroad -- Fiction
- trueUnderground Railroad
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Cora is a slave on a cotton plantation in Georgia. Life is hellish for all the slaves, but Cora is an outcast even among her fellow Africans, and she is coming into womanhood; even greater pain awaits. Caesar, a recent arrival from Virginia, tells her about the Underground Railroad, and they plot their escape. Matters do not go as planned - Cora kills a young white boy who tries to capture her - but they manage to find a station and head north. In Whitehead's ingenious conception, the Underground Railroad is not a metaphor - a secret network of tracks and tunnels has been built beneath the Southern soil. Cora and Caesar's first stop is South Carolina, where both find work in a city that at first seems like a haven. But the city's placid surface masks an insidious scheme designed for its black denizens - and Ridgeway, the relentless slave-catcher sent to find her, arrives in town. Forced to flee again, Cora embarks on a harrowing journey, state-by-state, seeking true freedom. Like Gulliver, Cora encounters different worlds at each stage of her journey - Whitehead brilliantly recreates the unique terrors for black people in states in the pre-Civil War era
- Summary
- After Cora, a pre-Civil War Georgia slave, escapes with another slave, Caesar, they seek the help of the Underground Railroad as they flee from state to state and try to evade a slave catcher, Ridgeway, who is determined to return them to the South
- Award
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- ALA Notable Book, 2017.
- Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction, 2017.
- Arthur C. Clarke Award, 2017.
- Booklist Editors' Choice, 2016
- Goodreads Choice Award, 2016
- Hurston/Wright Legacy Award: Fiction, 2017.
- Indies' Choice Book Awards, Adult Fiction, 2017.
- Library Journal Best Books, 2016
- National Book Award for Fiction, 2016.
- New York Times Notable Book, 2016
- Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, 2017.
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- 10515877
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1969-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Whitehead, Colson
- Dewey number
- 813/.6
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- fiction
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- Underground Railroad
- Fugitive slaves
- United States
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- The underground railroad, Colson Whitehead
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- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier.
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent.
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- 306 pages
- Isbn
- 9780708898376
- Isbn Type
- (pbk.)
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia.
- Media type code
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- Specific material designation
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- Label
- The underground railroad, Colson Whitehead
- Carrier category
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- Content category
- text
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- Content type MARC source
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- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- 306 pages
- Isbn
- 9780708898376
- Isbn Type
- (pbk.)
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia.
- Media type code
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- n
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- regular print
Subject
- trueSouthern States -- Race relations | History -- 19th century
- trueSlavery
- trueRacism
- trueRace (Social sciences)
- trueLiterary fiction
- trueHistorical fiction
- trueHistorical fiction
- Fugitive slaves -- United States -- Fiction
- trueFugitive slaves
- trueAfrican American fiction
- trueAfrican Americans -- Social conditions -- 19th century
- trueAntebellum America (1820-1861) -- 1820 -- 1861
- trueEscapes
- trueFreedom
- Fiction
- United States -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction
- trueUnited States -- History -- 19th century
- Underground Railroad -- Fiction
- trueUnderground Railroad
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Included in
- trueLibrary Journal Top Ten
- trueALA Notable Books - Fiction: 2017
- trueAfrican American Fiction
- trueAndrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction
- trueArthur C. Clarke Award
- trueBook Club Best Bets
- trueBooklist Editors' Choice - Best Fiction Books: 2016
- trueGoodreads Choice Awards: 2016
- trueHurston/Wright Legacy Awards: Fiction
- trueIndies' Choice Book Awards: Adult Fiction
- trueNational Book Awards: Fiction
- trueNew York Times Notable Books - Fiction and Poetry: 2016
- truePulitzer Prize: Fiction
- trueRecommended by Jessica Lin
- trueRecommended by Shauna Griffin
Tone Tone is the feeling that a book evokes in the reader. In many cases, this category best answers the question, "What are you in the mood for?"
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- Award
- ALA Notable Book, 2017.
- Award
- Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction, 2017.
- Award
- Arthur C. Clarke Award, 2017.
- Award
- Booklist Editors' Choice, 2016
- Award
- Goodreads Choice Award, 2016
- Award
- Hurston/Wright Legacy Award: Fiction, 2017.
- Award
- Indies' Choice Book Awards, Adult Fiction, 2017.
- Award
- Library Journal Best Books, 2016
- Award
- National Book Award for Fiction, 2016.
- Award
- New York Times Notable Book, 2016
- Award
- Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, 2017.
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